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Texas nun detained by ICE speaks out for first time: ‘It was very heartbreaking for me’

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Sister Leticia Ugboaja, a Catholic nun in Texas, has spoken out for the first time since being taken into immigration custody by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) last month. She recounted that she went into a cold sweat when two armed ICE officers approached her as she was walking to church in McAllen.

Describing the incident, Ugboaja stated that the experience was very heartbreaking for her. The detention occurred during her routine commute, thrusting the religious worker into the center of immigration enforcement actions in the state.

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